Prokaryotes
Eukaryotes
Cells are life
Mitosis steps
Mitosis facts
100
What is the name for the way prokaryotes reproduce into two copies of themselves?
What is binary fission?
100
You want to observe how flagella move in order to propel a protist through water. Which would be the best instrument to use?
What is a light microscope?
100
True or false: all cells have a cell membrane and contained DNA at some point.
True
100
What is the phase where chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell and are not yet separated?
What is metaphase?
100
During what phase of the cell cycle is DNA replicated?
What is the synthesis (S) phase?
200
What is the prokaryotic domain of organisms that tend to live only in environments of extreme heat, no oxygen, or high salt?
What is archaea?
200
List the 4 eukaryotic kingdoms (in common names).
What are animals, plants, fungi, and protozoa?
200
What are the parts of the main molecule that makes up cell membranes?
What are the hydrophilic head and hydrophobic tail?
200
What new structure is specific to plant cells during cytokinesis, shown here?
What is the cell plate?
200
Somatic cells have two copies of every gene. What is the word for this?
What is diploid?
300
What is the name for the small rings of DNA separate from the main chromosome and only found in prokaryotes?
What are plasmids?
300
Which two organelles may have once been independent bacteria but got absorbed into eukaryotic cells?
What are chloroplasts and mitochondria?
300
What is the name for the protein layer surrounding the genetic material of a virus?
What is the capsid?
300
In what stage of the cell cycle is this cell?
What is prophase?
300
What are the 3 reasons a cell would divide through mitosis?
What are growth, repair, and asexual reproduction?
400
Which of the following is on organelle possessed by prokaryotes, but NOT by any eukaryotes?
a. pili b. flagella c. ribosome d. cell wall
What are pili?
400
What is the balanced equation for photosynthesis?
What is 6CO2 + 6H2O + light yields C6H12O6 (glucose) + 6O2?
400
In which type of viral cycle does the host immediately begin to produce new viruses?
What is the lytic virus cycle?
400
What structure is reforming in this phase of mitosis?
What is the nuclear envelope?
400
What is the disadvantage of reproduction through mitosis?
What is a lack of genetic diversity (can't adapt to change in environment)?
500
What type of photosynthetic organism first contributed to making earth's atmosphere become oxygen-rich?
What is cyanobacteria?
500
State the 6 steps for a protein that will be going outside of a eukaryotic cell.
What are (1) bound ribosomes, (2) rough ER, (3) vesicles, (4) Golgi apparatus, (5) vesicles, and (6) cell membrane?
500
State the 3 parts of the cell theory.
What are (1) all living things are made of cells, (2) the cell is the basic unit of life, and (3) all cells come from pre‑existing cells?
500
What are the two structures formed during cytokinesis that are unique to animal cells?
What are the cleavage furrow and contractile ring?
500
What molecules fluctuate through different amounts at different points in the cell cycle and activate their respective CDKs?
What are cyclins?